GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| sheer | unqualified |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |